Shoe



June 11, 1935. LusslER 2,004,897

SHOE

F11ed Jan. 5 1935 Pofenfed June 11, 1935 UNITED STATES Jose h A.Lussier, vvaferfovyn, ffassu ossignor to IIood Iubbef oonlpany, Inovvofeftown, fosS., a oofpofofion of !)olavyofe ppooffon Jonuofy 5, 1935,Sofial 1To.

3 olain1s.

This invention felates to shoes havi1g tongues ond to pfocedufe fo1Inaking the tongue and iI1 oofpofoting it in the shoe and, vvhfle it isof eSpeoi81 advantage in the manufaotufe of fubbef 5 and-fabric ShoesS11oh as tenf1is and o thef ath letic shoes it is not WhoHy lin1itedfhefeto.

The chief objectS of the i11vention afe to pfovide i1 a Shoe hoving atongue with a nlofginal binding a conSffuction such as to avoid disoon1-foft of ohofing of the foot and to avoid fo11i11g of fovening of the endpoftion of the binding.

of the acoon1panying dfavving= g. 1 is a pefspeotive view of a fubbefand fabfio shoe of the tenf1is type en1bodying and fnarde in accofdaflceWitf1 nly inventiof1 in itS pfefeffed form.

'ig. 2 is a plon view of the tongue 11en1bef in vefted, as it appearsbefofe its incorpofation into the Shoe.

efeffif1g to the drowing, the tongue IneInber, deSignated m, is fofmedWith a felatively de lovvef of anchofing end poftion of Speafhead shape,the shoulder mofgh1s l2, l2 of whioh arfe opproxiInately a,t fightarngles to the side Inafgins 3, 3 of the tongue proper of naJ'fowpoftion of the tongue fneInbef vvf1ioh is ffee if1 the f1ished Shoe, andat the junction of each nlargin lz with the Inorgin l3 the tongueIneInbef iS fofIned with 8. shoft tfansvefse slit l2 in extenSion of theedge faoe of the fnofgin 2.

'I,f1e binding stfip, Whethef sewed of oefnented to the tongue fnefnbef,extends a, Shoft distanoe beyond the slit and fron1 the s1it to theadjacent end of the binding the1a,tter 1ies vvf1olly on that side of thetongue nleInber whiohis to be next to the upper in the finished shoe,the s1ft 5 perIf1itting suoh diSposition of the end poftion of thebinding although thfoughm1t the rest of its length the binding en1bfacesthe nlavfgin of the tongue membef.

The tongue asselT1bly as iuSt desofibed is built 0 into the shoe aSShown in ,ig. 1, With a,ocom pliShn1ent of the objeots above set out.

I clain1= 1. shoe oomprising a tongoe membef an chofed at itS lower end,and a bindlng e1nbfacing 15 the nlafgin of the tongue IneInber in a ffeepor tion of the latter but lying wholly on one side of the tonguefnen1ber in an onohofed poftion of the la,ttef.

2. Shoe oompfising a.11 uppef, a tongue n1em bef a.t1chored at its lowefend to the uppef, ond 20 a binding embracing a, mafgin of the tonguefneInber in a paft of its length and l ing whony between the tonguefnen1ber and the opper in another paft of itS 1ength.

3. A Shoe-tongue assen1bly ooInpfising a tongue B5 fflefnbef foffnedwith ad transvefSe slit in a fngrgin thefeof and. a binding en1bfacingthe Inafgin of the tongTle IneInbef on one side of the S1it a,nd lyingWhony on one Side of the tongue nleInber on the other side of the slit.

JosBPfI A. LUSSIEB.

